Chapter 111: Errands

In the long funeral procession, there are only a few dozen people who can afford knives and guns, where can they withstand the impact of the comfortable pioneer battalion and the middle military camp,

The steel knives flying in the cold light, the sound of guns one after another, accompanied by the bright red flowers of blood mist, composed a death movement at the foot of Nanshan, so that the funeral team followed the old conductor and left the Shura field in advance.

The heavy coffin of the old man Zeng fell heavily to the ground because of the loss of the person who carried the coffin, and the whistling projectiles also blew out the coffin lid one after another, and finally could not support the coffin that turned over, and it slid down, so that the body of the old man Zeng in court clothes rolled into the mud, and all kinds of jewelry, gold and silver that accompanied the burial were scattered on the ground.

Originally, all the people in white filial piety clothes were dyed red by the blood on their bodies, and they were washed by the rain, forming a strange dark pink blood river, as if flowing from hell and meandering through.

The comfortable two battalions of men and horses completely buried Zeng Ziren's funeral team.

Jin Mingyin supported Liu Siyi expressionlessly, standing under the rain cloth held up by the soldiers,

Meng Qi, who had never been on the battlefield, was shocked by the corpses in front of him, especially the white clothes and white clothes were particularly eye-catching in the gray-brown soil, and in his impression, he had never seen An Yi's appearance of killing gods.

"It's the other way around..... It's ...... the other way around."

Zeng Ziren was already frightened and his face was like earth, shaking like chaff, he was lying on the ground, and he didn't know whose blood was stained on his face, his trembling legs kicked in the mud, and he retreated,

The comfortable robe had already been soaked by the rain, and the dripping water droplets fell on his shoulders, and with the blood rubbed by the robe, rolled down on the green peak he held in his hand, sucking up countless blood stains, condensed into a drop of red and round, and then dripped from the tip of the sword into the mud.

"Don't come here, I'm the commander of the capital, kill me! You won't live either! ”

Zeng Ziren staggered to his feet, picked up a saber in his hand, and pointed at An Yi tremblingly,

The pouring rain made it difficult for him to open his eyes, and he retreated step by step as Comfort kept getting closer.

Zeng Ziren is right, even if he oppresses merchants and abuses lynching, it is not enough evidence to make the commander of the three products sentenced to death.

But An Yi, as a four-rank garrison general, killed Shangfeng without the will of the imperial court, but he could be pushed to the execution ground!

"Boom!"

Qingfeng in An Yi's hand took a sword flower and slapped it accurately on Zeng Ziren's wrist,

Zeng Ziren's arm, which was in pain, shrank, and the only steel knife that could be relied on also fell into the mud.

"You..... What do you want! Don't mess around! ”

An Yi didn't intend to kill him, he just wanted to teach him a lesson to remember,

"Ahh

The sharp blade of the sword, through the rain and mist, pierced into Zeng Ziren's thighs, and he screamed in pain, accompanied by the pillar of blood brought up by the pull of An Yi's sword, and fell to the ground,

"You remember me today!"

An Yi coldly dropped a sentence, carrying the three-foot Qingfeng dripping with blood, and disappeared into the rain and fog without looking back, and at the same time disappeared with the thousands of cavalry he brought.

"Me!! I'm going to sue you!! ”

Zeng Ziren saw him leaving, so he roared angrily towards the bigger and bigger rain curtain,

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Lanzhou

Qingcheng Palace

Lanzhou Qingcheng was built during the Song Renzong period when Qinzhou Thorn Shi Di Qing patrolled the border, so it is called Qingcheng, here is the northwest hookah goods distribution center since ancient times, the water and land transportation is quite developed, Beijing, Jin and other foreign merchants gather, the culture of Bolai makes Qingcheng quite have the taste of Wang Jingli's mansion.

Because the Chongzheng Emperor Gao Youxiao suddenly decided to drive the expedition in person, the officials in Shaanxi were a little caught off guard, so in a hurry, they took this Qingcheng as the emperor's palace and received Gao Youxiao.

A huge courtyard house with a low bluestone wall, located in the north of Lanzhou City, was previously where the Lanzhou Mansion was located, and later due to the reconstruction and relocation of the Mansion Office, it was gradually abandoned here.

If it weren't for the emperor's bright yellow guard of honor, anyone would have thought that this was an inconspicuous old mansion of a wealthy merchant.

However, Gao Youxiao didn't care very much, he knew the opposition of his own officials who had personally conquered Daxia this time, and his desk had already been piled up with the recitals of the imperial history's advice.

So this time, no matter where he went, he put on a posture of not disturbing the people and not being extravagant, not staying in the city and not staying in the official mansion, specifically looking for this poor place to rest.

The old emperor himself was still happy in his heart, thinking about waiting for him, the holy monarch who had not committed any crimes along the way, to finish a battle and go back to plug the mouth of the imperial history.

As everyone knows, he is full of blood at this time, but he can make the local officials below a big one, for them, if the emperor is willing to be extravagant, it is simple, as long as the flowing silver is spent, as luxurious as he wants,

But the sword of the school is on the sidetrack, and every time they go to a place, the officials have to settle the location of the selected "remote place" in advance, such as Lanzhou, the northwest boundary is okay, and many rich towns in the Central Plains have passed through the royal conquest, and there is no "remote place" when digging three feet into the ground, so that a large number of people can move out, and then artificially create an ideal palace.

In the end, although the emperor's words are not extravagant, no one has two heads to test the truth of this statement, and the "remote place" is slightly rectified and decent, or thrown out piles of silver, which is rough and rough, but it costs more than before.

"Brother Wang, you have just returned from the exploration of Lintao Mansion, you can tell us in detail about the specific situation of the Liao army on the front line."

Emperor Chongzheng sat on the first seat in the hall wearing a golden silk soft armor, and the five-clawed golden dragon on his chest looked shining.

The king of Shu Gao Youhong rose in response to the sound and bowed his hand to the emperor.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

He walked to the side of the Xiben strategic map, pointed to the mountains and rivers on the map, and said to everyone present: "Everyone, at present, the Liao army has completely controlled Lintao Mansion and suppressed our army in the position of Lotus Village east of the Fu boundary. ”

"Lotus Village is still in our hands now?"

Chongzheng asked with concern,

"Your Majesty, at present, our army is still fighting fiercely with the Liao army with Commander Liao."

The person who stood up and said what he said was Wang Guoyuan, who replaced the slain Wang Chengguang and the newly appointed commander-in-chief of the border town in Gansu, and the Liao commander he was talking about was Liao Ying, a well-known bearded general of the Great Xia Dynasty, and the current commander of Shaanxi.

"Humph!"

Chongzheng was obviously not very satisfied with his statement, and slapped the table heavily, shaking the yellow-veined porcelain cups on the small cases and jumping twice.

"Fighting, you have been fighting since I first came, and until now, even Hezhou has been lost!"

"The last general is derelict in his duties, but the emperor ......"

Wang Guoyuan had an aggrieved expression on his face, and he was about to defend something, but he was interrupted by Emperor Chongzheng waving his hand.

Sun Dezhang, the governor of the five armies sitting on the side, tilted his head slightly, and handed him a stop look, Wang Guoyuan shrank his head and stopped speaking.

Chongzheng pointed to the king of Shu standing next to the map,

"Brother Wang, go on."

"Yes!"

The King of Shu continued: "At present, our army has found out that the Empress Dowager Xiao of Liao has rushed from the Liao capital to the Northwest Army, and the whole army of nearly 120,000 people under the command of Marshal Han Guangde has completed the encirclement of the northwest of Lanzhou City, and the Lotus Village is only more than 20,000 men and horses under the command of Han Guangde. ”

When Chongzheng heard that the Liao army only had more than 120,000 people, he turned his head and asked Sun Dezhang, the governor of the five armies: "Sun Shuai, we have nearly 500,000 soldiers with the army this time, which is several times the enemy, why do we still retreat to this Lanzhou city?" Let the Liao people trample on my Lintao people? ”

Sun Dezhang, an old general who was already in his prime, got up and replied: "Your Majesty, the form of the battlefield is changing rapidly, and we pay attention to the right time, place and people, even the slightest change in solar terms may affect victory or defeat, and the strength of the army is only one of the factors."

Although my Xia Dynasty has many generals, it has not fought for many years, and the Liao people are originally a grassland people, skilled in bows and horses. In addition, they are also in constant conflict with the countries of the Western Regions, and the army is full of soldiers in a hundred battles, so it should not be underestimated. ”

Chongzheng didn't respond, and there was already some displeasure on his face,

He knew that he was in Lanzhou, which caused the generals and soldiers below to be a little timid, and he was afraid that he would lose, so he had to be cautious in using his troops.

But they didn't know that the enthusiasm of Chongzheng's personal expedition had already been worn out for more than ten days, and the northwest was bitterly cold, and Concubine Hui stayed in Xi'an, so the old emperor had already had the idea of retreating.

But he proposed it to him, and he couldn't wipe his face and said that he was going to retreat from the battle, so he wanted to fight even a small victory, so that he could have a step down, and then hide in Xi'an or go back to Beijing, which not only let go of the hands and feet of the generals, but also made the imperial history of the court have nothing to say.

"Report!"

Outside the door came the voice of a small school,

Chongzheng nodded to the King of Shu, and the King of Shu walked out of the tent knowingly and asked, "What's the report?" ”

"Sichuan has an urgent letter to the Holy Lord."

The king of Shu took the little school with both hands in confusion, and tied the yellow silk music,

Could it be that something happened in Sichuan?

"Brother Wang, what's the news?"

The king of Shu responded and handed the roll in his hand to Chongzheng,

"Your Majesty, it was presented by the Sichuan Inspectorate Department."

The yellow silk tied to the folded scroll illustrates the importance and urgency of the official letter in the scroll.

Chongzheng opened the drum, opened the fold inside and looked at it, then frowned and threw it to the King of Shu, and said impatiently: "Every day is these troublesome, throwing them to me one by one, don't they have their own opinions?" Regret didn't bring Li Jin forward, otherwise he would have been able to arrange for him to deal with these things. ”

The king of Shu opened the song and looked at it, and almost didn't startle the cold sweat down,

Sichuan impeached Zeng Ziren, the commander of the Sichuan capital, for oppressing the people, molesting the people's daughters, and abusing lynching, and impeached the Chengdu garrison general An Yi for transferring the green camp without authorization, intercepting and killing Zeng's family members, and seriously injuring the acting commander Zeng Ziren, this is the bad thing in Chongzheng's mouth?

"Brother Wang, do you know the two people mentioned in this fold?"

"Your Majesty, the minister knows that both of them have just taken office, and I think there have been some disputes for various reasons, and they should not be as serious as the inspector said."

The King of Shu didn't know what was going on in his heart, because he went out to the front line to investigate, Gao Yingshu's letters, he also stood in the camp and didn't open them, so he didn't know the specific situation.

However, the matter involved comfort, and he still had the intention to skip the matter lightly.

Chongzheng listened to the words of the King of Shu and nodded, after all, his mind was not here at all, and he was thinking about how to find a chance to fight.

"But after all, it's folded according to the inspection, and it's not easy to refute it at will, by the way, I haven't seen my niece for a long time, how is she lately?"

The king of Shu didn't know why Chongzheng suddenly asked about his daughter, and replied: "The emperor's Hongfu is now in the palace of Chengdu, and he is fine." ”

"Then let's do it, since the matter involves the three senior officials, let Ying Shu and the political envoy and the inspection envoy work together to understand the ins and outs of this case, and then report it."

Chongzheng waved his hand and directly sent out the matter of the triage of the three divisions, but the commander of the envoy who should be one of the three divisions was replaced by the Shu Wangfu.

"Obey the order, the minister will do it immediately!"

"Okay, let's talk about the battle situation in the northwest."

Chongzheng couldn't wait to pull the topic back again.